filmtext
Filmtext is a term used in film studies to describe the film as a completed textual object, conceived as an integrated system of moving images, sound, editing, performance, and mise-en-scène that conveys meaning to an audience. Unlike a screenplay or treatment, the filmtext encompasses the finalized audiovisual work and the ways in which its codes invite interpretation.
The filmtext includes cinematography, editing rhythm, sound design, music, dialogue, acting, and production design, all working
Scholars use the concept to analyze how a film text relates to other texts and to examine
The term emphasizes cinema as a crafted object with its own textual codes, capable of being read,